What I would chew my left arm off for..

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What I would chew my left arm off for..

Edward W. Stanley

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March 15, 2006 at 9:32 am

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736162 More actions · Answer 1

Interesting. Looks similar to my wife's Sidekick II, though a little bigger.

Course, she's not running Windows.

Edward W. Stanley SSCertifiable Points: 6512 More actions · Answer 2

specifications

1GHz Transmeta Crusoe
30GB hard drive (shock-mounted)
512MB DDR RAM
Dimensions: 4.9" x 3.4" x 0.9"
Weight: 14 ounces
800 x 480 W-VGA 5" transflective display (indoor/outdoor readable)
3D accelerated graphics with 8MB of video RAM
QWERTY thumb keyboard with mouse buttons and TrackStik
802.11b wireless
Bluetooth wireless
4-pin FireWire (1394)
USB 2.0
3.5mm stereo headphone jack
Microphone
Speaker
Digital pen
Removable lithium polymer battery
Battery life up to three hours, depending on usage
OQO docking

sswords SSCrazy Eights Points: 8207 More actions · Answer 3

This looks kind of like a beefed up version of the Verizon XV6700 that I've been looking at. They both have the slideout keyboard from the back that changes the screen orientation automatically. The nice thing about this one for me is VGA support which I need to support an app we may be deploying in the next fiscal year. Any idea on the price? I couldn't seem to get a response when I tried the 'buy now' button. The 6700 sells now for about $299 with contract renewal for 24 months.

I've heard that the XV6700 is great as a hand held, but leaves a lot to be desired as a phone which bites. I thought of getting a bluetooth ear piece for it for an extra $100 but then add the fact that this doesn't have native voice recognition software for dialing (one handed dialing is not possible with this) and it puts the total price up around $450 which is still a bit much for me.

As to your original question, there was this Coyote date I had once and when I woke up in the morning...

My hovercraft is full of eels.

Edward W. Stanley SSCertifiable Points: 6512 More actions · Answer 4

model 01+ ultra personal computer

1 GHz processor, 30GB HD, 512MB RAM, Wi-Fi®, Bluetooth®, USB 2.0, FireWire®, audio, thumb keyboard, 800x480 indoor/outdoor readable LCD (ships with: removable lithium polymer battery, docking cable, desktop stand, universal power supply, carrying sleeve, and digital pen.)

(in stock, usually ships within one week)

Microsoft® Windows® XP Home

$1,899.00

Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional

$1,999.00

Microsoft® Windows® XP Tablet Edition

$2,099.00

Microsoft® Office 2003 Small Business Edition Pre-installed

includes Word, Excel, Outlook®, PowerPoint®

$300.00

There is an interesting cable for expanding to an external monitor and keyboard / mouse.

I for the record do not own the company nor profit by the company. I just thought.. finally .... a PDA that is a computer.

The price is dear but once they find a place to throw a cell phone into it, I'm in.

Edward W. Stanley SSCertifiable Points: 6512 More actions · Answer 5

Let me know if I get a finder's fee or if any CIO openings show up, I can end up on the short list..

I do not know much about computers but boy can I kick Chuck Norris's a$$.

I dont mind working remotely, especially if one of those might end up my way.

Edward W. Stanley SSCertifiable Points: 6512 More actions · Answer 6

They could kill ipods or PSP's with it, if they could bundle 1000 songs from some savy reseller.

Hmmmm. That gets me thinking.

Mark Harr SSCrazy Eights Points: 9921 More actions · Answer 7

I had heard that the Transmeta Crusoe chip is "painfully" slow, to the point of music/video skipping and dropping frames.

Now the Origami with the Intel Pentium chip.....

Mark

Edward W. Stanley SSCertifiable Points: 6512 More actions · Answer 8

Well its the smallest SQL Server I've ever seen.

But you are right there is a better chip out there the '8000' for the device. This 5800 comes with 512K cache which might allieviate it over the stock 128 it was originally run designed with.

But disclosing sources never hurt anyone I think MH.

sswords SSCrazy Eights Points: 8207 More actions · Answer 9

"Let me know if I get a finder's fee or if any CIO openings show up, I can end up on the short list. "

Actually, our CEO just retired. If we got you to run things, maybe we could make these standard issue, hmmm???

"I do not know much about computers but boy can I kick Chuck Norris's a$$."

I have a hunch that if Chuck Norris had one of these that 1) they'd give it to him free and 2) he'd immediately hack it and put Linux on it.

"I dont mind working remotely, especially if one of those might end up my way. "

We STILL don't have a policy for telecommuting or working remotely. Maybe when you're CEO we can get that done too. Users seem so much less obnoxious when you're talking to them while poolside with a favorite book and a well chilled adult beverage of choice close at hand.

Speaking of which: Happy St. Patrick's Day Everyone!

My hovercraft is full of eels.

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736162 More actions · Answer 10

Is interesting, but not sure where I'd use it and what I get. When I want to be unencumbered, I usually want no connection to the wired world. Other places I just carry the laptop.

Green Lantern, just get the Dell 9300. It's good exercise carrying it around !!!!

Edward W. Stanley SSCertifiable Points: 6512 More actions · Answer 11

If i'm going laptop.. then I'm going with this:

http://www.hypersonic-pc.com/EX7/index.asp

It even comes in Green Lantern green.

Specs...

Processor

	Intel® Pentium® 4, 3.0 ~ 3.8GHz + LGA-775 1MB L2 Cache
	Supports HyperThreading Tech.
	Supports Extreme Edition
	Intel 915P + ICH6 Chipset
	800MHz Front Side Bus

Memory

	533MHz PC4200 DDR-2 SODIMMS
	Supports up to 4GB DDR-2 SDRAM
	Dual Channel Memory Architecture (Memory must be selected in pairs)

Graphics

	Choice of NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX or Quadro FX 1400 Go High-Performance Graphics Processors
	256B DDR SGRAM on board
	16X PCI-Express Architecture
	External VGA, DVI and TV Out Support
	Microsoft DirectX 9 Support
	Advanced HW Acceleration for DVD Playback
	Built-in TV Tuner w/ Remote (optional)
	User-Upgradeable Graphics Module

Display

	17" WSXGA+ or WUXGA Screen (16:10)
	1680x1050 or 1920 x 1200 Native Resolution

Communications

	Infrared transfer: 115.2K bps SIR/4M bps FIR,1cm~1M operating distance, IrDA 1.1compliant
	10/100/1000Mb Ethernet LAN built-in
	Built-in 802.11g Wireless LAN (Optional)
	Bluetooth module (Optional)
	Built-in Video Camera
	56K Modem with V.90&V.92 compliant

Connectivity

	1 x External (PS/2)
	1 x Parallel port (LPT1)
	1 x External CRT Monitor
	4 x USB 2.0 ports
	1 x Headphone, Mic & Line-in jack
	1 x RJ45 for 10/100Mb LAN
	1 x RJ11 Jack for 56K (V.92) Modem
	2 x mini IEEE 1394a FireWire port
	1 x SP/DIF Jack
	1 x infrared file transfer, IrDA 1.1
	1 x S-Video jack for TV output
	1 x serial port
	1 x Type II PCMCIA Slot (PCMCIA 3.0 Standard Compliant)
	1 x S-Video In
	1 x S-Video Out
	Bluetooth (Optional)

Sound System

	AC"97 Compliant Interface
	3D Stereo enhanced sound system
	Compatible Sound-Blaster PRO
	S/PDIF Digital output (5.1CH)
	Built-in 4 speakers

Storage

	Choice of 2 x DVD-ROM/DVD-RW/CD-RW/Combo Drive
	2 x 2.5" HDD Bay Supporting up to Ultra-DMA 133
	6-in-1 card reader MMC/SD/ MS/CF/IBM Microdrive

Weight and Dimensions

	15.5" (393mm) Wide
	11.7" (299mm Deep
	1.9" (49mm) High
	12.4lbs (5.6Kg)

Keyboard / Pointing Device

	Fully functional number pad
	Function keys control audio, display contrast, and power management.
	3 instant launch keys for web, email and favorite application.
	Integrated Touchpad With Scroll Up/Down Slider